<div align="justify"><p><b>Faster Windows sharing</b> </p><p>When you try to view the shared folders on a computer running Windows 98 or ME, from a PC running Windows 2000/XP, there may be a delay of up to 30 seconds. This is because Windows 2000/XP tries to determine if any 'Scheduled Tasks' are enabled on the other computer. You can fix this delay by deleting a Registry entry on the Windows 2000 machine-but only after backing up the Registry before making any edits. </p><p><b>Note</b>: this tip requires expert level acquaintance with registry editing. Go to Start > Run and type regedit to open the Registry Editor. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer \NameSpace, and locate the sub-key that reads {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}. </p><p>First click on File > Export and save the selected branch as, say, restoreshare.reg in a folder. Once you have exported a copy of the key, right-click on this sub-key and click on Delete. This should fix the problem. </p><p><img src="http://www.hashdot.com/faster.jpg" width="510" height="383" border="0" alt="" /> </p></div>